甘肃省白银市会宁县第一中学2014-2015学年高二上学期期中考试英语试题 含答案.docVIP

（时间：90分钟;满分：120分） 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　第Ⅰ卷 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节， 满分40分）（共15小题, 每小题2分,满分30分） A A cowboy named Bud was looking after his herd in a mountain in Alberta when suddenly a BMW moved forward towards him. The driver, a young man in a suit, sunglasses and a tie, leaned (靠着) out of the window and asked the cowboy, “If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves (小牛) you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?” Bud looked at the man, then looked at his herd and calmly answered, “Sure, why not?” The man parked his car, took out his computer and surfed a NASA (美国航空及太空总署) page, where he called up a GPS (全球定位系统) satellite to get an exact fix on his location. Within seconds, the young man received an email on his cellphone. Finally, he printed out a full-color, 150report on his hitech HP printer, turned to the cowboy and said, “You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves.” “That’s right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves,” said Bud. He watched the young man select one of the animals and looked on him with amusement as the young man put it into his car. Then Bud said, “Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?” The young man thought for a second and said, “Okay, why not?” “You’re a government official,” said Bud. “Wow! That’s correct,” said the man, “but how did you guess that?” “No guessing required,” answered the cowboy. “You showed up here even though nobody called you; you wanted to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me; and you don’t know a thing about how working people make a living — or about cows. This is a herd of sheep ... now give me back my dog.” 1. The young man asked Bud for a calf because _____. A. he really liked raising a calf B. he just wanted to show off C. he preferred helping the poor D. he guessed the number of calves 2. Which of the follo